The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-18 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVICES. During the stov:ms of the past year the boats of the National Lifeb oat Institution saved 417 persons from different wrecks on )ur coasts. The Institution has also expended £13,819 3s. 2d. in the same period on lifeboat e3tablishments, in addition to granting £1,331 6a. Oil. as rewards for saving 714 shipwrect :ed persons by its liteboats, and other means. The Committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to•the public for ASSISTANuE to enable them to meet the coon tinned heavy demands on the Institution's 125 lil el”at esi;ab lishments. Contributions are received by all the Lon :1911 and country bankers; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, at the Instil ution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. • - 11HE M ODERN AUGUSTUS, or The Lie of a Lifetime, in FUN This Week.—One Penny. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyle and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVEaIING, to coramence with (13th time) an en tirely new Operetta, entitled FANO il ET TE. Miss Louisa Fyne anA 'W. Harrison. After which, a Grand Christmas Pantomime, on a s3alo of unprecudenter ma_tnificence, ntitled EAR. LEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DtAGON. Doors opera at half-past Six—. ommence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL . DRUR Y-L AN E. Man agers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVE ti - ING, the Performances will commence with the New Serio—Comic Drama, by Edmund en Falconer, titled ;NIGHT AND MORN. Principal characters by 1%'1./. Phelps, sup ported by 31 eisra. Ryder, Raynor, FL zjames, and Misses Leclercq, dnson, and Heath. To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Com Wonders is Panto mime of SINB.A.D THE SAILOR ; or, The Seven of th World. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri ; Bariequins, Messrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; PantalMadame oons, Messrs. W. A. Barnes and J. alorr is ; Columbines, Boleno and Misses Gann's& Prices as nsnaL Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. 9IHEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Managers, MFessrs. Cbatterto Edmund Falconer and n. A GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE of the Panto mime NEXT 'WEDNESDAY, at Two o'clock, when the &ye of the Duke of York's School with their Band will attend. The Free List entirely susp:nd.d, the public press ex cepted. THIS EV ENEiG, NIGHT AND MORN. Messrs. Raynor, Fitzjames ; Miss R. Leclercq, Miss Phelps, Ryder, Atkinson, an d Miss Heath. After which, the Grand Cemie Christmas PANTO y one. writ-tea by E. L. Blanchard, Esq.. entitled and founded on the popular Oriental story of SINDBAD THE LOR. The gorgeously beautiful character of the decora tions. inclusive of more thin the usual amount of scenical surprises and transforma ion wonders, are ensured by the fact of their being entirely designed and for the most part executed by the celebrated artist, William Beverley, wh,4se eminent services have been retained this Christmas exclu sively for the Thea tre Royal Drury-Lane. The general action I the Pantomime, arranged by, and the whole pro duced under the direction of, Mr. Robert Roxby. Principal characters in the opening by Messrs. Tom Matthews, J. Ne vil e. Fitzjames, Me af,rreson, G. Weston, and Master Percy Roselle; Misses Lizzie 'A ilmore, Rose Leclercq, E. Weston, Coventry, and Cicely Nott. The Harlequinade will include the services of those popular Pantomimists (forming a double company), Harry Boleno and Mr. C. Lau i, Clowns Mr. W. A. Barnes and Mr. J. Morris, Pantaloons ; Mr. Cormack and Mr. S. Saville, Harlequins ; Madame Bolen.) and Misses Gunnies, Columbines. The masks, devices, and dresses, from designs by the humorously re nowned Dykwynkvn. The music selected and arranged by Mr. J. Barnard. The dances and action of the Ballet ar ranged by Mr. Cormack. Comic scene s . tricks, Om, invented by - Messrs. if. B.oleno and Cormack. Box Office open daily from 10 till 5 o'dlock. The massive and beautiful decorations of the amphitheatre, proscenium. aid ceiling, designed and completed under the direction of Marsh Nelson, Esq., in that uorgeous style of ornamentation known as characteristic of the Louis Quatorze period. and which elicited so much praise from the press and the public last year, having been thoroughly cleansed, make the aspect of th e house - before the curtain (which, when lighted up, is admitted to be the inDst beautiful in Europe), an object of admiration which in itself is worth a visit. Doors open at Valf-past Six. Performances commence at Seven, and terminate every evening at Eleven o'clock. itOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE NION - 10 (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated every Evening during the Week. TrilS I.IVEYENG, the performance will comtnence with a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: "tess•s. 11. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, Moreland; Mis:;es Percy, Pauline LeJlercg, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. A '‘ter which, at. Eight o'clock, BEL DEMO/ill°, a Love otor f, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Vim nide -," by ,Mr. John Bronzortm. Principal charac .. el I y Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, 'l~:+oughlm, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, .;.-,7lert, Sims ; Mitt Kate Terry, L. Lavenu, lirs. Lee, and Mtits Elsworthy. - The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keeping' of hats and cloaks, and ft at the attendant s in all parts of the house are forbidden to wive any gratuitfes whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. /THEATRE ROYAL HAYNIARKET.— So!e Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENECC, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Ctillentord, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry, Lindley, Hill, &c Atter which, KUNG ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Round Table. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton. Braid, Clark, Rogers, TiThury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-7 Sole Le see and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. After which. ILARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Flee Lady of Banbury Cross, and the (Ild Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Had no Many Uhildren she didn't irnovz -A-hat to do AT ENV T EATRE-RO Y AL, ADELPIii.— L 1 dole Proprietor and Manager, M. B. Webster. THIS EVENING. THE MOTHER AND CHILD ABE DOING WELL : Mr. J. L. Toole, at to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH: Miss Bate van, supported by 3lessrs.Art her Stirling, H. Phillips, Bil in,gton, St :tart, Stephenson, Eburue; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billin;;ton. To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortunlo and his Seven Mag-13 Men. .Niessrs. J. Clarke, H. Phillips, Stephenson; Miss ' Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss _Patti Jose As, Mick , L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEA H.-EVERY NIGHT. MISS BATEMAN. MISS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—Tars EVENING, the d appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BA I'EMAN, in the character of L h;AFI. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the prthcipat character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH be.s been atten , ied. Mr Webster begs to announce that it 'wilt - be performed E VERA" EVENING until further a otice. ROYACS. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the :Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Giti , l AT A.TTRACTION.—First Week of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLIKS MATHEWS.—Mr. J. L. Toole as Mrs. Brown, Mr. Phelt/ Mr. Fechter, and Lady Audley every evening. 1853; or, ti le Sensations of the Past Season, until further notice. Ai nong the artistes who will appear here are Mr. Benjamin 'Webster, Mr. J. L. Tonle, Mr. Paul Bedford. and Mr. Cbarle s Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling. Mrs, Frank Mat thews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, Miss Fanny Josephs, and Mrs. C iarles Mat'aews. THIS I , IV.RINING. and during the Week, at 7, THE ADVENTUti ES OF A LOVE LETTER; COOT, AS A CUCUMBER ; and 1801; or, THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON. In rehears a 1, a new Comedy, by Leicester Buckingham. Esq. ROY 8.1, STRAND THEATRE Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborouzli. THIS E VENDTG, ORANGE BLOSSOMS : Carson. After wh 4 ich, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EUT :Y DICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanhorough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, .tic. Followe d by MARGATE SANDS. To cone lade with TURN HIM OUT. Commence at 7. Miss K, 71111T.4 THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," C9ntaining the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, An be had Every Evening of G. R. GIANIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. Milli WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TExe DlOr.—Morning, 9d, 13m.—Afternoon, 9d. 52m, ro.moßaoir.-Moraing, 10h, 31m.—Afterno6n, 11h. 10m, The Weather—Sun Office, Jan. 18, 1834, TRER3IO3IETEIL 43 This day at T wo o'clock Barometer-30.02. Wind—N..E.: moderate, and cloudy. Tiati Yg I• l4 j i 2 " .. ‘ V.; , • It. LONDON, MONDAY, JAN. 18, 1864. The first blast has just now been sounded on the war trumpet! It is yet ringing freshly upon our hearing. Its dissonance is audible simultaneously fromße r lin and Vienna. For, the responsibility of giving this dismal signal of the renewal of hostili ties among the nations of Europe, would seem to be shared equally between the two great leading Powers of Germinv. It is to the organ of Lord PALMERSTON, and not,to the organ of the Govern ment of Lord PALMERSTON collectively, that we are indebted for the distinct intimation of this revival of war—or all-but-certain revival of - war upon the Continent., While the limes re rnains altogether silent upon the subject, the Morning Post formally announces the presentation of an ultimatum to the Danish Government by the diplomatic representatives of Austria and Prussia at the Court of Copenhagen. A distinct and posi tive declaration to that effect, it was hardly to be conceived could be put forth by the known organ of the Prime Minister without the.most complete and absolute authorisation. At any time, under any conjuncture of circumstances, it could not possibly be that we should think other wise, When, there fore, so immediately before the re-assembling of Parliament, the announcement referred to as con tained in the leading columns of the Morning Pose of this morning, made its appearance, not as the hint of a rumour, but as the intimation of a fact, we could not, perforce, but accept the intimation as such, as a fact—and look to the imme diate probabilities accordingly. An ultimatum this was idescribed to have been by our contemporary, requiring the immediate abrogation of the Consti tution of November, and intimating that, in the event of a refusal to comply with their demand, they, the Austrian and Prussian Ambassadors, would at once quit the capital of Copenhagen ; their respective Governments forthwith proceeding, moreover, to take further measures to obtain the fulfilment of their desires ! (The accuracy of our contemporary's announcement, it may be re• marked, has just now been confirmed to us by telegram from Copenhagen.) The decision of the Danish Government in regare. to this sufficiently clear ultimatum being required to be given in by the 18th, that is to say, by this present forenoon Absolutely certain. it is that the decision given in by the Danish Government, if it must so be delivered, to those two ambassadors before this momentous 18th day of January, 1864, shall have expired, will be a refusal, a distinct and positive refusal to concede: King CHRISTIAN, indeed, in this matter, has no alternative. Hi own individual honour—if possible, still more than the honour of the Crown by which his brows have so very recently been invested—the per sonal honour of the KING is pledged to the con ervation of the rights of Denmark in this very particular, in this very matter of the Constitution of November. War, therefore, between Denmark and Germany would appear to be inevitable. And though England has barely anything whatever to do with a question so remote as that out of which this disastrous renewal of war emerges—the lon g vexed question, having its Gordian knot at Kiel, and the circumference of its tangled skein traceable only by the frontier-line of Schleswig and Holstein —it comes home to us, this question, as a matter of vital import, nevertheless ! If for no other reason, for this, that, while all the disputed rights are glaringly upon the side of the Dines, Englishmen cannot but recognise in the champion of those Danish rights, far more vividly than the royal dignity of King CHRISTIAN, his paternal character as the father of our fair young Princess. Never did a more unanimous welcome attend on any royal birth than has greeted the happy advent of the youthful heir of England. In all places of religions worship, of whatever denomination throughout the land, heartfelt prayers of genuine thanksgiving have arisen to the Giver of all good gifts. It was not left alene to the Archbishop of CANTERBURY to express, by desire of the Council, the nation's gratitude. The Jewish Rabbi at once, in earnest language called upon his people to give thanks to the GOD of Israel. Yesterday, also, in all the Catholic churches and chapels of the metropolis, an eloquent Pastoral from Cardinal WISEMAN, expressed the grateful sentiments of the Catholic population. The Pas toral being dated on the octave of the Epiphany, the Cardinal with that happy promptitude of thought which generally characterises his produc tions, reminded his hearers to pray " that He who, at this season, would receive his birthday offering, however regal, only from the hands of the wise, would infase into the heart of the Royal infant that truest wisdom which SOLOMON preferred before kingdoms and thrones." Equally appropriate to the emotions of the Cardinal is the tender remem brance of the widowed QUEEN. "We feel sure that, while praying for the speedy and complete restoration to health of the Princess m'ther, that she may be as a fruitful vine on the sides of the Royal house,' you will turn your thoughts and sympathies towards one still more august, who, after her, has here a larger claim than any one else to maternal joys; and who, after a long period of faithful mourning, may perhaps exclaim, as did Lamech on the birth of Noe—' This child shall com fort us.'" That such may be the happy result of this Royal birth has been, from the moment it was first announced, the one spontaneous feeling of all the subjects of Queen VICTORIA. The eloquent words in which that sentiment was expressed by Cardinal WISEMAN are only the embodiment of the feelings of a whole nation. There is no sccial reform of which we stand more in need than the better arrangement of our work houses with regard to out-doer relief, The reliev ing officer, as he is called by courtesy, is veritably on the principle of lucus non lucendo. What with forms and ceremonies, what with o=3 and coun ter plans, the precious time is wasted in trifling and the valuable moments squandered in contention while life and death are trembling in the balance, and the objects for whom all these places are con structed, these officials paid, and the public money expended, perish miserably from want, and their deaths are a lasting disgrace to the system adopted, and 1 scandal to the community where they draw their last breath, and often expire from sheer want. There was an inquest held on Friday last touching the death of MARY 0 VERREE, who died from al leged privation. It appeared from the evidence that was given that deceased had endeavoured to support herself by needlework, but, being ill, had applied for perish relief. This was refused her, unless she came into the workhouse. Having a great dislike to that, she declined, and accordingly was left without assistance. Surely the authorities ought to take up this matter and severely censure, if they do not dismiss, the official who thus wan tonly trifles with human life. Where can be the gain of forcing so many poor people into the house ? Once in they are not likely soon to come out, and they might very probably in a short time recover themselves sufficiently to go on without being a berden to the parish if only timely aid were afforded to them. " A friend in need is a friend indeed" is a:trite remark, but the same idea is applicable to assis tance given at a fitting season. This poor woman's case is a most cruel one, and it is very much to be regretted that the jury did not administer a sharp rebuke to the officer in their verdict. It was not enough to say thst "said death was accele rated by privation," they ought to have pressed the charge home to him through whose perversity and hardheartedness the calamity ensued. She might have died whatever had been done, but that is no excuse for those who rendered her last hours so sad and neglected, and caused the agony of pri vation to be added to the other 6 tilictions that as sailed her. Bethnal-green is a black sheep amidst the other faulty and insufficient provisions for the destitute in London. There are constantly cases coming before the public which testify strongly as to the inefficacy of its arrangements, the fatal blunders of its officials, and the extreme and bitter wretchedness of its suffering poor. Such things should not be tolerated amongst us, and it is high time that a speedy remedy be applied, and a total and fundamental change take place. In a Christian co mmunity it is an outrage on the first principles of humanity, and a direct violation of the precepts of our great Lawgiver, who has said, " Inasmuch as ye did it unto the least of these My brJhren, ye did it unto Me. There is another case recently cited in connection with this place, which imperatively calls for notice, and claims our earnest attention. Mr. CHAFFER, the curate of St. Philip, has written a letter, which furnishes a most distressing proof of the evil system adopted in respect to those who ask for, and stand in imminent need of temporary relief. A poor man who is bedridden sought admission to the workhouse, but was refused unless his wife and child also came in with him. The poor woman can support herself by the work she gets from a shop, and therefore very naturally objects to give up her present independent position, with a certainty of employment, for a state in which she would be de prived of her child, and if she did continue to come out hereafter she would very likely not be able to recover her lost work. Mr. CHAFFER very truly says if " humanity be a feeli'ag unknown to the guardians and relieving Kficers of Bethnal-green, it would be cheaper to support one pauper than tliras in the workhouse." This is eminently deserving of attention, and it is to be hoped that some influential individuals will take up the case, and strike at the roots of a system which thus militates against the vital interests of the community. The subject is connected with all that can attract attention or command respect. It is a dreadful thing to reflect upon that our honest and deserving poor, who wish to support themselves by their own exertions to the utmost of their ability, are to be trampled upon by upstart officials, who seem neither to possess the sense to appreciate the independence of the sufferers, nor to feel any pity for the calamities that have befallen them. It is a mockery to send missionaries to the uttermost ends of the earth, to be for ever devising means to assist the distant nations of the world, and to rest satisfied with laws which allow our own coun trymen to be neglected, insulted, and ill-treated by those appointed by law to assist and protect them. The Ministers, who seem to be in the predicament of doing nothing, because each public question of any moment is hedged in by difficulties, had better turn their attention to matters of less outward im portance, but of great intrinsic consequence. Despise not the da,y of small things may well be said to all legislators and statesmen, who, in the pride of place and plenitude of power, appear to think nothing simple and humble is good or grand enough for them to consider or to take notice of. The poor shall never cease of the land, we have been told on unerring authority, but this divine lesson was not to teach us indifference, still less neglect, of that sad and suffericg tribe. Far otherwise, they are a heavy responsibility, a sacred trust, and a solemn charge. For our dealings with them in a social, political, and moral sense, we shall have to render a strict account; and, in the name of Him in whose sight rich and poor are equal, we may call upon all who are able to assist to do so to the utmost of their power, and with all the strength of their will. It will be a good work to have effected, to bring the arrangements and regulations which direct our poor population into a focus whence they may be cor rectly estimated. Let it not be said that the wretched deaths that have lately taken place have been in vain, but let them, the last victims to a cruel code of restrictions, be the exceptions that the past will offer to the new and better rules of a propitious present. There can be no occasion to wait for other examples to furnish a necessity for the adop tion of a change; it is surely sufficient for it to be proved that, under the existing customs, it is an every-day occurrence for the poor to perish mise rably, and in their squalid cells, dreary garrets, and comfortless abodes, they can hardly call death itself a king of terrors more terrible than the enactments of civilisation, which counsels the authorities to doom them to such lives, and to refuse to dole out any help to them. The inclement season through which we are now passing adds tenfold weight to all arguments that can be adduced on the question ; and if such instances of gross neglect, sheer care lessuess, and perverse prejudice cannot impress those who hear of them, it may well be said that no effect would be produced if, instead of their fellow creatures perishing miserably around, one rose from the dead as a warning to their laxity, and a witness against their fatal tardiness and ignorant infatuation. Last Friday evening the inhabitants of Liver pool and Birkenhead wero thrown into a state of the greatest alarm by the explosion of a large quan tity of gunpowder on board a vessel in the river. It was no ordinary shock, and its effects were felt on both sides of the river to the consternation and terror of the populace, and the destruction of an enormous quantity of glass. The facts are as fol lows :—The bark Lottie Sleigh, about 700 tons burden, Captain WEBBER, belonging to Messrs. HATTON and COOKSON, of Liverpool, having cleared out of dock, proceeded to her anchorage in the Mersey, off Monk's Ferry, She was bound for the West Coast of Africa with a general cargo, having also on board 940 qaarter kegs of gunpowder, weighing 111 tons,stowed in her after hold-under the captain's cabin. It appears about six o'clock in the evening the steward was trimming a lamp in the cabin, when a can of paraffin which he held in his hand became ignited, and the flaming liquid instantly spread over the floor, setting fire to the curtains, Sze., of the captain's sleeping apartment, and the woodwork generally. With such rapidity did the flames spread that all ef f orts to check its progress were unavailing, and the burning stream soon found its way down the grating of the lazaretto, and communicated itself to the cargo in the after hold, and all hopes of saving the ship were given up. The crew, 14 in number, were taken off by the Rock Ferry steamer Wasp, and the ship was abandoned to her fate. The fire rapidly spread, and could be plainly witnessed from the bark Retriever, moored about 200 yards from the burn ing vessel. The fire raged for up wards of an hour, as we aro informed, before the explosion took place. The result can be better imagined than described. The concussion of the air was so tremendous that all the lamps throughout the city were extinguished, doors burst open, and glass in every direction shivered ; several persons were thrown down by the shock, and much property was damaged by the falling debris, which was thrown on both sides of the river. Fortunately, so far as we can learn, no lives were lost, and before midnight the town had subsided into comparative tranquillity. Such acci dents are, happily, of rare occurrence. Every pre caution is taken in the docks to prevent, as far as practicable, the possibility of fire; and, but for the presence of so large a quantity of powder on board the Lottie.,Sleigh, the matter would have ended with the destruction of the vessel. It is fortunate that the loss in the present instance was confined to the injury inflicted on property, and that no human lives were sacrificed ; but the question arises, whether sufficient Efforts were made to extinguish the fire ? It was a matter of secondary importance to save the ship, but the great object was to prevent the certain destruction of an immense amount of property, and the probable loss of many lives. We have every reason to believe that the powder was carefully secured, for the fire seems to have raged unchecked in the afterhold for upwards of an hour in' close proximity to the magazine before th; ex plosion took place, and the ship was passed by steamers long after she was deserted by her crew. pitancy shown in Surely, there was great preci leaving the vessel without an attempt to scuttle her. The fact is, that, as soon as the flames began to spread, a panic seems to have seized them, and all presence of mind was lost. The captain was prc ;Ably on shore, but surely some officer must have been in charge of the vessel, besides the pilot, who should have endeavoured to control the crew. As rt there is no information on this point, but it is at least certain that almost immediately the ship took fire she continued to burn for more than an hour afterwards. Again, the Customs and dock authorities must have known of what her cargo consisted, and, we think, that until she left the river some person should have been left in charge of her, with authority to sink her in case of fire, for it is evident that the breadth of the river was no protection to the town from the effects of such a stupendous explosion. And, lastly, what business had the steward to meddle vi ith such a combustible material as paraffin oil by candlelight, and that, too, on a large scale, directly over a slumbering volcano ? If this was not tempting fate, it was something very like it. Why should not the cabin lamp have been trimmed in daylight and on deck, or, at least, somewhere remote from the magazine? While on this subject we may remark that most of the accidents which occur with paraffin and other lamps by the ignition of the spirit might be avoided if householders or servants were to trim their lamps in the morning, and not leave the task until the lamp was about to be used. I❑ waiting for further information regarding this explosion, it would be unfair to cast blame upon any one, further than is warranted by the facts at present before us. It is evident that alt was confusion on board the Lottie Sleigh from the moment the accident hap pened, which may be, to some extent, excused from the ignorance of the men as to the precautions which were taken to protect the powder from acci dent; but we consider that the Deck or Customs authorities should have taken measures to prevent the possibility of an explosion in so crowded a river as the Mersey. The matter will, of coarse, be thoroughly investigated, and we trust this accident may cause steps to be taken to prevent its recurrence, for we cannot shut our eyes to the fact, that there was ample time to scuttle the ill-fated ship before the crew were taken off her by the Wasp. How Long will the American War Last ? TO THE EDITOR OF TUE SUN. SIR,—It is an ennobling sight in the opinion of some to see two athletes striving for the mastery—it is a sorry sight in the opinion of all to see them grappling in the mud, gouging, bitting, kicking, scratching, rolling over and over, and trying to tear each other piecemeal. But this is what the struggle between North and South in America is fast coming to. Explosive bullets and General Butler, Greek fire and German mercenaries, exchange of pri soners refused, and war made upon women, military operations carried out in the spirit of Genghis Khan, Tamerlane, and the "Scourge of God," " Secessiondom" to be made "as desolate as Hell," and a "region as big as Europe" reduced to its original wilderness of swamps and alligators. This is war after the gospel of Mr. Bright's pacific friends, the model democracy under the Dictator of the White House; and war to which we can see no limit and no end. If in the spring the North are able to push on further into the South the war will become universal over half a continent. War here, there,:and everywhere, war to the knife, the torch, the explosive bullet, the shell filled with molten iron and Greek fire—perhaps even war with the poisoned bayonet. War of this sort bids fair to become the normal and natural state of things there, henceforth for ever, and peace the exceptional unlikely state that may never again be realised. In the time of the Roman Em pire, and the first French Empire, Europe was always at war; and the resources for war in America are at least as great as any that ever existed in Europe. Why not a " thirt y years' war" in the New World; chiller is the historian of such a war in the Old ? And the worst is that Europe is too far off to interfere to stop it without making bad worse. I read in history that war in the• Old World had only been limited by the means of making war ; and if this is to hold good in the New, the present generation may die in it, and the next be born, grow up, and die in it too, for the causes and elements of antagonism, discord, and confusion are greater than were ever before concentrated in any one quarrel.—Yours, &c., HISTORICUS. The New Movement for the Promotion of Murder, TIM SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1864. TO TAE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—lt is good to point the moral of a lesson while it is I fresh in the public memory. Strike while the iron is hot, or it will be too late to make an impression. Anybody who wants to be comfortably provided for for life, at the public charge, can easily realise his modest and moderate desires if he will follow the course which recent facts and the law, in its present state, point out to him, All he has to do is to murder his wife and children, or burn down half a dozen houses, and then go and give himself into custody, and declare he wants to be hung and got out of the world. Thereupon the whole pack of mono maniacs who sympathise with the murderer and criminals generally, and are ready to swear that every criminal is mad, will rush to the rescue. Two magistrates, members of the " Great Unpaid," and two parish doctors under their in fluence, will be cajoled into signing a certificate that the murderer or incendiary is mad, and he will be delivered over by the secular arm to those monomaniacs, and com fortably taken care of in an asylum for the term of his natu ral life, like that interesting captive George Victor Townley. His food, clothing, and lodging will be the best adapted for health and general comfort. He will have plenty to eat and nothing to do, and all day to do it in ; but lest this should prove tedious, and the interesting captive should be troubled with ennui, there will be plenty of amusing and instructive books to read, diversified with proper exercise and such recreations as chess and drafts, and a variety of other pur suits of a cheerful and exhilarating character, Why the monomanieal sympathisers with the m urderer s h o uld evince such a s t range f a scination about him is perfectly inexplicable, If Townley were really mad one could understand it on the principle that "a fellow feel ing makes us kind." But everybody who is sane knows perfectly well that Townley neither is nor was mad at all. Besides, there is Wright and nobody ever even pretended that he was mad. Sir, this is not only a ridicu lous, but a m ost heinous and attroci ous s t a t e o f things. It is not only i m punity, but solid subst ant i a l re ward that is held out for mo st horrible and appalling forms of murde r and crime, This state of things must not b e allowed to last , or w e shall have to borrow Judge Lynch, with Vigilance Co mmittees and conventions of public safety from across the Atlantic.— Yours, &c., COMMON SENSE. MR, MACFARREN's NEw OPERA, on the subject of " She Stoops to Conquer' is in rehearsal at Covent-gar• den Theatre. A despatch from Eng lish steamer Atlas from Marseilles has gone ashore at that place. Damietta states that the EST IL POSSIBLE P—lt 18 reported that M. La martine is about to marry a B,u9sian Princess of large fortune. MR. F. GOODALL, THE NEW ROYAL ACADEINII orArr,has delivered his diploma picture to the body of which he is now a full member. The subject of this work is an old Nubian sing i ng at the corner of a street in Cairo, and accompanying himself upon the'na tive har p or lute. He is surrounded by a m o tl e y group of liste ners, re p resentin g all the elements of an O r i en tal street crowd. OF CENTENARY B E ETHOVEN'S BIRTH.—The 17 th of December last, th e h un d re dth anniversary of Be e tho ' v en' s birth, seems to h ave passe d everywhere wi thout an y notice. We hear, howev er , t h a t a committee was formed on that day in Vienna far the purpose of er ectin g a monument to the great master, to be unveiled on his birthday is 1870. THE POET-SCU L PTOR. -- Mr. Woolner s full sized model for the marble statue of the late Lord Macau lay, which is to b e p l ace d in the library of T rinit y C o l le g e, Cambridge, is now completed. In th e studio of the same sculptor may be seen the colossal model for the bronze statue of Godley, the founder of the Canterbury settlement in Now Zealand, 'which will bo erected in the city of Can terbury. A CENTENARIAN HEROINE.—Mrs. Catherine Shepherd has just died at Hudson, New Jersey, upwards of 100 years of age. Her father was Jacob Van Winkle, a descendant of 0110 of the original Mitch settlers there. Her husband was a soldier of the revolution. From a steeple at South Bergen she saw the British fleet take possession of Now York, and the British army marching to Philadelphia. The British soldiers hung her father be cause he would not give them up his money, and after leaving him for dead she cut him down and restored him to life. She risked her life in carrying a message to the American commander at Belleville to warn him of a night attack from the British forces, by which she saved the American troops from destruction. —New York paper. THE CRAWLEY COURT -MARTIAL.—We under stand that the officers and non-commissioned officers of the Inniskilling Dragoons, who were ordered to attend at Aldershot upon the occasion of the recent court-martial, have been directed to remain in England, pending the action at the suit of Sergeat Major Wakefield in the Court of Queen's Bench,--Orniefd ,Service firzate. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAM.] THE AUSTRIAN AND PRUSSIAN ULTIMATUM, COPENHAGEN, JAN, 18. The Dagbladet of to-day says :—" The ultimatum of Austria and Prussia, delivered to the Minister for Foreign Affairs on Saturday, demands the retrac tation of the Constitution of the 18th November before thin day, and the temporary return to the status quo existing before its promulgation. What will happen if Denmark complies with this unjusti fiable and brutal demand, they do not state. If, en the other hand, the ultimatum sheuld not be complied with, they threaten all the misfortunes at their command, commencing with the withdrawal of their ambassadors." The Dagbladet goes on to remark :—" It is self evident that no idea can be entertained of com pliance with the ultimatum. What will happen then depends upon eventualities in Europe and. Germany; We may observe that in case of war the German armies will require from three to four weeks to collect the necessary strength. By that time the Danish army will be larger than ever, and the fortified works be able to hold in check an enemy nearly twice as strong." PRUSSIA. THE KING'S REPLY TO THE ADDRESS OF THE UPPER HOUSE. BERLIN, JAN. 15. The reply of the King to the Address of the Upper House may be summarised as follows : The objects of the demand of the Government were, firstly, the fulfilment of Federal obliga tions, the means for which could not be refused ; secondly, the preservation of the power and honour of Prussia against attack while such fulfilment was taking place. The declaration of the Upper House is agreeable to the king, at a time when resolutions pregnant with serious consequences are required. In view of threatening complications it is impossible to define beforehand the cause of policy ; questions of right and international relations cannot be decided by wishes and sympathies, however natural. The Government must be prepared for all eventualities in order to preserve the rights of Germany equally with the honour and power of Prussia. His Majesty thanks the Upper House for its assurance of aid, and hopes that the devotion of both houses to the requirements of the country will be powerful enough to cause them to lay aside pending differences, and unanimously grant the necessary means. The reply is countersigned by all the Ministers. The debate upon the Budget will take place in the Upper House on Thursday next. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. CRACOW, JAN. 18. Advices received here state that a circular of the National Government, dated the 4th inst., announces the dismissal of Gen. Mieroslawski from his post of General Organiser of the Revolutionary Forces. lie is said nevertheless to be actively engaged at Liege in services for the national cause. The insurgent leader Kruk is reported to have retreated with a few followers into Gallicia, his de tachment having been dispersed. The Bishops of Lublin, Kieltre, and Cracow have ceased church mourning. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 16.—A slight degree of buoyancy has shown itself, and a larger amount of business has been transacted than for some days pis% Threes, for the Account, are now at 66fr. 65c. illobilier have also improved to 1,023 fr. 75e. The arrival of the English funds with en advance has tended to impart firmness to this market. The market closed as follows : 4t per Cents .. 94 30 Do. end month.... Italian Loan 6B 70 Do. end month 69 New ditto — Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes., 50 50 home Debt .. 49i Deferred 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 70 Credit Mobilier 1025 Do. end month 1028 75 Bank Shares 3300 Credit F oncier 1235 Roman RA IL' rAys. Cash. 990 952 50 OrlennB Northern .... Account. 991 25 New ditto — Lyons and Meditsrranean 935 .. 940 New ditto B9O Southern 655 .. 660 Western Eastern Sardinian 383 75 .. 385 Austrian Loirbard North of Spain 505 Saragossa 690 590 Ditto to Barcelona Ironmasters' Quarterly Meeting. DUDLEY, Saturday Evening. The meetings of the ironmasters of this district terminated for the current quarter in this town this evening. The attendance was small, very few of the principal members of the trade being present. The amount of business reported was only moderate, and was chiefly in pig iron, the prices ranging at the meetings at Wolverhampton and Birmingham —£4 10s. to £4 12s. 6d. per ton—being steadily adhered to. In manufactured iron there was little or nothing doing; all who are engaged in the trade in this locality are well supplied with orders, and are consequently careless about the acceptance of any others which may be offered. It was stated that the demand for sheet iron is increasing, and that since the meeting at Birmingham buyers have been anxious to place orders for that description of finished iron, but have found much difficulty in doing so where speedy delivery was made a stipu lation. The large works in this neighbourhood, and in the direction of Kings winfur, Brettel-lane, and Brierly hill are all in full operation, the only drawback at this moment being on account of the scarcity of labour in some departments. There is also a feeling of disquietude among a section of the men on the subject of wages. The general rise to all who are engaged in the iron and coal trades takes place on Monday next, and it is hoped that the uneasiness which has of late existed on that subject will then be removed. The coal trade is unprecedentedly brisk ; the consumption is very large, and the demand consi derably in excess of the quantity raised. For native ironstone there is also a ready sale, and a good quan tity of ore is coming in from other districts. It was stated that there is a probability of the number of furnaces in blast being increased, but it is doubtful if this will be the case while there is such a scarcity of fuel and of labour, the influence of which must oporato against any increase in the make of pig iron in this district at present. Nearly the whole of the pigs stacked some years since have been sold off. The series of meetings which concluded to-night have passed off satisfactorily, and accounts have been well paid. MISS BRADDON, the novelist, was recently mar tied to Mr. Maxwell, the publisher. MDLLE. ROSA BONIIEUR is engaged on a large picture, about ten feet high, intended as a companion to " The Horse Fair." TEE DUKE OF AUGUSTENBURG 'is described as a tall man, over six feet high, with hazel hair, blue eyes, light eyebrows, " good " complexion, man ner somewhat slow but stately, and speech sedate, with a slight peculiarity. He talked " aff ably," as German princes, when not opposed, generally do, and seems alto gether a well-intentioned, but somewhat slow and heavy person, who will govern Holstein without .1 - nany blunders, but not be a very dangerous personage in Europe. German princes seldom are, which is one reason wh y they get so many thrones. Bonapartes are too troubleson le, the House of Sayoy too warlike, and the Bernadottes too pew. LITERATURE. Macaulay's History of England. Ptopie% Edition. Part 111. Longmqn and Co. Another instalment of this wonderfully cheap and beautifully printed edition of Macaulay's great fragment of a history, carries the narrative down far into the fifth chapter, to the 304th page of the first of the four volumes to which the edition will extend, deep into the year 1685, down to that dreadful epoch of judicial severity known as the Bloody Assizes, when the infamous Jeffries reigned supreme upon the bench as our English Rhada manti3us. The more frequently our attention is recalled to an examination of "Macaulay's History of England," the more profoundly are we impressed ' with a sense of the great genius manfested so lumi nously throughout—the more fully do we realise the marvellous beauty of its rhetoric—the more completely are we satisfied with the justice of the conclusion at which we have long arrived, in regard to Macaulay as an author, that be is the most perfect writer of prose, that he is the most perfect master of style in the English lan guage. Yet all the while, too, are we more and more firmly impressed with a painful consciousness that this exquisitely accomplished rhetorician, that this author, in some respects, of incomparable elo quence, that this man of encyclopaedic knowledge, is so far to be read with jealous care in his charac ter as a historical teacher that, to put it in the mildest form, he lacks impartiality. He is per petually agitated by passion, either in the way of stubborn prejudice or of eager predilection. Of him, too, it might be said, as Goldsmith said of a kindred genius, the genius also of a great writer, a great orator, a scholar, a statesman, and a philosopher, that— " He gave up to party what was meant for mankind." Yet,while we are under the glamour of his eloquence, how willingly, for the time, we yield ourselves up to its witcheries! How dark, on the magic mirror of his page, appear the lineaments of those he loaths ! How radiant and how godlike the aspect of such as chance to have won the splendid meed of his approbation, some of them even receiving, as for example William of Orange, the literary apotheosis of his superb and already classic eulogiums! Un convinced—we cannot but admire, and admire, too, with an unstinted admiration. Luttrell of Arran. By Charles Lever, Part IL Chapman and Hall. In this instalment the dramatis personae who are to figure hereafter in these pages are introduced. In the opening chapter the relations of the recluse's deceased wife are described with the author's cha racteristic ability. They have been summoned to pay the last rites and honours to their departed re lative, and the orgies of the wake concluded, the husband who has refused ever to see them, sends his wife's personal effects to them, that they may choose each one any token to take home as a me morial. But the poor relations are so pleased with these articles that they insist on appropriating the whole, much to the indignation of the house keeper, and hence ensues a native Irish con tention such as few but Charles Lever can describe. Vyner, who will evidently figure conspicuously in future events, accidentally meets his old friend before departing from Arran, and an interesting dialogue ensues. We are fur ther introduced to Spier's wife and sister-in.law, and a few other characters, among whom is an American. We think that Mr. Lever has but one type of transatlantic character for all his works, and that, the individual herein introduced, the pugnacious " Quuckinboss." We trust that, in justice to the better class of Americans, he will possess some of their virtues. Several smart sketches of English country life, and of tourists generally, are given, and the tale begins to be interesting. BOOKS RECEIVED. Wildfire : A Novel. 3 vols. By Walter Thornbury, Hurst and Blackett. A Box for the Season. By Charles Clarke. 2 vole. Chapman and Hall. an to Beersheba; or, Northern and Southern Friends, Chapman and Hall. Christmas at Old Court. By the author of "Richelieu in Love." Bentley. The Pearl of the Rhone, and Other Poems. By William Duthie. Robert tlardwieke. The Story of The Guns. By Sir James Emerson Tenneni Longman and Co. :ousehold Education. By Harriet Martineau. Smith Elder, and Co. Historic Odes, &c. By R. W. Dixon. Smith, Elder, and Co. Horrors of the Virginian Slave Trade. A. W. Bennett. Quarterly Journal of Science. No. I. Churchill and Sons Quarterly Review : for January, 1864. John Murray. SIIAKSPERIANA. The Stratford Committee have lately received a commu nication from General Knollys expressive of his Royal Highness the Price of Wales's best wishes for the success of a scheme that has for its object to do due honour to our great dramatist; and, although it is impossible for the Prince to make any engagement, at the present moment, to favour Stratford with a visit at the festival, the committee cherish the hope that Warwickshire will be gratified with his pre sence on one of the days of the festival. THE NATIONAL SHAKSPERE COMMITTEE has been joined during the past week by the following :—The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Dublin and the Lord Provost of Edin burgh have become vice-presidents; the following gentle men having become members of the committee :—Holman Hunt, Esq„ H. Stacy Marks, Esq., Charles Salamans, Esq., Charles Lewis, Esq. THE SHAKSPERE VOCAL ALBUM.—Messrs. Lonsdale are announcing the immediate publication of the " Shak spore Vocal Album," containing selections from the best settings of Shakspere's poetry for one, two, three, and more voices, by Arne, Purcell, Leveridge, Linley, Haydn, and other composers of eminence. MR. FECHTER INTENDS TO PRODUCE " HAMLET" as his next great enterprise at the Lyceum Theatre. The play is to be put on the stage in a magnificent style, and Mr. Pechter has very courteously offered the first night to the Shakspero Committee, The managers of the Strand and the Surrey Theatres have also, we believe, offered to give the Monument Fund the benefit of a night at those houses. THE MONUMENT COMMITTEE..--The Archbishop of York, the Duke of Devonshire, the Earl of Clarendon, the Lord President of the Council, the Presidents If the Society of Antiquaries, the Royal Academy, the Society of British Artists, and the Architectural Museum, the Master of Trinity, Professor Westmacott, Professor of Sculpture at the Royal Academy, David Roberts, R.A., Daniel Maclise, R.A., Clarkson Stanfield, R.A., George Godwin, Esq., and Henry Ottley, Esq. DR. ANDREW REED, FOUNDER AND PROMOTER OF PHILANTHROPIC INSTITUTIONS.—Let us name these in succession, according to the dates of their founda tion, and then proceed to give a brief sketch of the life and labours of the individual who, obscure by birth, and com paratively obscure in station, yet succeeded in calling such noble institutions into existence. These are the London Orphan Asylum, founded in 1812 ; the Infant Orphan Asylum, in 1827 ; the Asylum for Fatherless Children, in 1344 ; the Asylum for idiots j in 1847 ; the Royal Hospital for Incurables, in 1854; and the .Eastern Counties Idiot Asylum, in 1859, The founder was the son of an obscure watchmaker, who, coming up from Weymouth to London, established himself in a small business in Butcher•row, St. Clement Danes, where ho married an orphan girl, one of whose children, born in 1787, is the subject of the present memoir. The parents of Andrew Reed were independents. Andrew was intended to be brought up as a watchmaker, for which trade he showed no small aptitude, but he was an earnest, thoughtful youth, fond of study, and one in whom religious friends thought they recognised a capacity for higher things than mere journeywork, Of these friends the Rev, Matthew Wiiks counselled the young watchmaker to leave his calling, and devote himself to the work of the ministry. Andrew was accordingly entered a student at Hackney College, one of the training establishments of the Independents. . M. GEROME is engaged upon a commission re- I ceived from the Emperor Napoleon to paint the scene at the Imperial Court during the reception of the Siamese Ambas sadors. Those dignitaries are seen crawling upon the ground towards the throne on which the Emperor is seated. They do this after the manner of their country, upon their hands and knees, their faces near the earth. Beside the Emperor is the Empress, and around the principal actors are grouped the dignitaries of the French empire, soldiers and civilians, and many ladies. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government emigrant ship Severn, 850 tons, Mr. Henry King, master, belonging to Mr. George Lidgatt, London, which sailed from Plymouth on the 14th July last, arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, on the 11th October, having on board 47 married people, 130 single anon, 97 single women, 19 boys and 21 girls between the ages of one and 12, and 10 infants, numbering in all 324 souls, equal to 294 statute adults, under the care of Mr. Ambrose New bold, M.D., surgeon superintendent, assisted by Miss Mary Amstrong, matron. One birth and three deaths took place on the voyage. ITT 1.4 HER MAJESTY. o OSBORNE, Jan. Her Majesty, attended by Lady Churchill t ! o Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Colonel the Hon. Sir C. B. 131 P g . asd Colonel H. Ponsonby, went ov er the 0°1e" meat prison at Parkhurst yesterday morning', 06 Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for 0010 Department, also attended her Majesty. of FO " Colonel Henderson, S nrveyor - G enoral met her M,jesty at Parkhurst. JAN. 17 ; The Queen and Princess Louise w alked anduf „ n the grounds yesterday. - 1)1 Princeis Helena rode on horseback, ottende' Lady Churchill. Dr. Jenner arrived from London. • --- The Prince and Princess of W a i te) No official balletin of the health of the F r ': e r of Wales and the young prince was publisho terday at Marlborough House, but a me ss4e o received in the course of the day intimating 0a the progress of her Royal Highness the Prat t~ Wales was perfectly satisfactory, and infant prince was quite well. We, bovince"ltt ceived the following bulletin from For° late hour last night : " Her Royal Highness the Princes s of 101— ct f infant prince continue to make most sats'i/- progress. I ,4if " Another bulletin will be issued on l'•`° evening. " ARTHUR FARIIZ9 g• ' " D. W. JENIS- or, " Dr. Jenner, as one of the Physicians l e e bo nary to the Prince of Wales, is in attendal n ce the Princess, in the absence of Dr. SievelOvg' is prevented by temporary illness." g 0 11 We understand that her Royal Higl°,es,l3 lOc e , sufficiently recovered yesterday, the ninth a 511304 her accouchement, to be able to leave her cellc sit up for a short time. eS 4 On Saturday morning his Royal p..g h - ri fi e ) Prince of Wales, attended by Capt. G. 1-I•l3,ttotS Equerry in Waiting, drove from Frogn3eriieotet4 Datchet Station of the London and South 4llr Railway, and proceeded by the 10 . 4 ordietlyi train far Richmond-park, when his royal in company with his Royal Highness the ' o dd' Cambridge and Earl Russell, we;rt out e l l e 4 o after which the distinguished party Pre e h ee r - 1 0 j 1 the Star and. Garter Hotel, Richmond, W„,,ueigeoe partook of some refreshment. The “"' 0 4 0 Wales returned to Frogmore, by the oe °l° about five o'clock in the evening. ac ice The Prince of Wales attended divineS; ,000 the Chapel Royal St. George yesterday Oteir when the form of prayer and thanksgivieg;:td, safe delivery of the Princess of Wales s'fr-lith' The same form was also read yesterdai ii , t 6 ,40 66 churches in England and Wales whe re it ' received. The service was Cook's, in C, and thelijo were intoned by the Rev. Charles Pack'ro.4l mia d pi sons were read by the Rev. Mr. Frewer, The anthem, " 0, where is wisdom to be P i- 0 where is the place of understanding P ° t e e) I :, Job 20th and following verses (r i°l oo 43l finely sung by Messrs. Dyson, Marriott, 9,- and Masters Frost and Smith. Vi e fl fi el l ; 1 :; Wriothesley Russell was present a 3 can bat , o dente. The chapel was densely crowded''4 0P( admirable arrangements his royal bigilyel,1011); two gentlemen of his suite quitted the 6 :it $ 1;. the south door before the g cong te ation ,4 seats. Dr. Elvey presided at the organ' 00 7 On Monday last her Majesty planted 00 ' 0 0 the grounds of Frogmore House to no te! : VI I the happy event of the birth of the re lis lpr . 4 and, before leaving Windsor, her M a jesty r to her high appreciation of Dr. Brown' d 13 ; 0 0 11 ,; attention, and has also been graciously P`e present to that gentleman a very valuab le t oi l) ring set with diamonds, in acknowledgle" services in connection with the event. T h e i r Ev e n i ng Roya l ii ig Partyhn es es t tact Duke Orleans upc oc uHerasesPhor jeag $0:0 ::200i„ :0' gTawvieckanenehvaemn,inognpSaarttuyaraythniegirhtr.esidglice' orlett°l Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Carabll'. l ot 0 . Ag e sil tl ? presentßal t.i.. s .Di r o oueT:l y rce hh a ahao l leneiussa H mirso sif i enai g om: na h fth, abh n i nldece e yer s hsso s wtsacoher t cef h setarrs eeettirhs ht o h, occasion; ien;hisitheir Duchess aenssdn aook Marguerite Royal Mecklenburg- .e gi uli e gs k ehti r l gn e it ti ih n eesue b se u de: r i :e g oet i itrojpor j‘gi: o_ 8 ;1 Royal Highness d P i t p h ri l e o n m e D e a u t a k ie n e d e d o e r F p Fen thiee'l3l9 Al i ' Minister, n the Austrian Ambassador, the Cotl eteBf3 das , 1 1 c the i e C ne Y t d c e o un C o t ni e sysu I,hAviasalneedxhatnm Excellencyd hiser Ap p t o h n e 3 s i p ; a R h ii,s,sl2E:ici li e l i lsetne relo-ti steo,24 Excellency t—The t p h r e in S ce we a a n : ocio tf: There were also pr ß e t s e e r n . $ 1 1 : 01 • esS " P i so ( , Fiano, Prince Michael Uortschakoff, di° Page t i l e P ., ,tai i Albans, the Earl and Countess of ClarendeoffidCo:rid: Villiers and Miss Lister, Earl Granville, t'Lrlat-,b; /.1 0 Russell, Lady Georgiana Russell and Arise°°",t'h-e fit; tap the Earl of Coventry, the Earl of Tyronet the as Countess of Fife and Lady Anne Duff, al° C° „ u : r tefA tie / tt l° and F the Ladies Craven, Mr. Chichester '• J . - 0, ,, 0 . ," off H r o a n n . e iv e lis C s o c u a n d te o s o s an l , V yalidsecgouranvtes, uVaisecyo,uvnitscCorsologr:otlO g et o rl ,t Lord and Lady Norreys, Lord and Lady Clas, t• d 9 Hon. Misses Stonor, Lord and Lady Skeln3ere r d "' A bs( l7 Lady Georgiana Bertie and Misses Bertie, Lord 0 0 '0 0 Chelmsford and the Hon. Misses Thesiger, Lo rd Goad ,113. Gilbert Kennedy, Count Maffei, Count 7,: o ir C ‘ - : rid : Villa-Reale, Count de Bouillet, Baron do ''' au ci ii7 o rd e) ; Marquis Fortunato, Hon. and Rev. F. 13 3 1 1 - t ire ir i ,i . ; toria Byng, Hon. Mr. Cadogan, lion. Mr•,,." - d u i Ke,,i ' v . , Hon. Lewis Wingfield, Sir Erskine and IrjoiriS' Hensy Cotterell, Mr. and Lady Merl; srB. dudlll4l°/ Chevalier da Santos, Colonel Liddell an d no ir; L'',.. ; - D Liddell, Colonel and Mrs. Home-Purves ` l4 leo' ,0 1 mond, Captain Dalzell, Dr. and IVial°o:lol,ortelliiief Mussy, Mr, and Mrs. Liddell, Miss l'alire, Jehepiao)er' and Mrs. Hervey, Miss Massey, Mr• 111- a nd Ltres .a . "e Mr. and Mrs. Wodehouse Currie, gr. I gr . - -ci lii ‘l° , l MabdToauomrwoenfflß:ye:lanrn.adrydiNi,cil‘tiosisr. eaysnadTnoAwidanediawernyec::::ll;oo:::;labsFilt:. ov: Mr, Jervoise Smith, J.Swa Weyer, O t ,t 4 Her Majesty will return to ~....------- 0 p tl ist tf Windsor tie 00000 next. The Queen will reraain at th e e vi l :00 0 %0 0 ays, and afterwards go to Osborne, a ttio re i .iiii i‘ will reside r untl the llth Pr e ' d°lo, all v ,i 1 Windsor for the season.---Cout t Journal. A dore , e 1 for th!:`; wili ' Her Majesty will probably 0 1# Windsor Castle her principal residence, f tb ° af there for several months in the year. ._„0 0 ic il Mr. Alder The bronze works for the decoratiu:•, evettDetil Prince Consort's tomb at Frogmore are baronhelPb'loe '3 the famous French firm of Barbedienne• ate O tt ` t oo ; it is said, has received a commission to O ec 00 0° ide a 0 the Queen in bronze, to be placed there Des A 0 1 ; e the Prince Consort. stn e 01 3- a ft- 0 _ Some curiosity exists as tot he n_ wig 17 'be 4 ., the young Prince, some asserting that it io , th at t o:„ Albert Edward of Wales, whilst others tilcorol'l"'o° cl receive some such designation as Duke °f t ot 1 0 i "0 of Gloucester. No doubt, however, exist% _atiod OO Royal Highness will, like his father, 1) :,, pl ef e ra tIA, Edward ; but it is perhaps BOG so univers ivPilipoic °/000, the name by which the Prince of Wa1 e5 ....4 01 1 l ii3 o sp fe l, throne —(may the day be far distant! ) .„,s tb°,o 4 Edward the Seventh. It is slid that t13101`; eat. 1, r ely wish of the late Prince Consort, who thol e) , ear. to e would hardly sound congenial to the :.',01‘;:,0 deal ise ce . 0 ( however, grown congenial enough sin' ° ' l OO 4 fri° otL e , t the respect we pay to the memorY of th e g s to be t yle The forthcoming season proteise ~,oocltiou t a unusual brilliancy. We are informed, uPele foo 0 ri) ° , il t that her Majesty intends gradually 10 °Lure_ and fa Pi t ieo ° , O O elusion observed during the last two yea_ratios clOrtioao( among her subjects, although the ; pore % too tile lo tt still have to be performed by her ROO. ii i c g i . 0 the ve a o o 4 of Wales. Should peace be preserve ,_. 1 ,. 0a o f 1 , og , Europe there can be no doubt of the fnLluetio, o p 7 60 v o paying her daughter a lengthened visit „ g o th e ,, p et the Princess, it is said, is very likely to t re e '; i; to c o , , ee , the autumn, the people at CopenDegell Ao l irou s t .;C and most - her happy accouchement , VA S ' ,er and her Royal husband amongst thew. r 5 ,0$ -. 11 ,01 , , THE EMPEROR AND theEMPIIISSo Italia° patsli iOO were present on Sunday night at e ol oet 0 0 Paris, to witness the reappearance ° 1 • 0 _,,cd with e rot t i l ei ~ sonnambula." ihe theatre Was c . r w` r i lle Sel o t illi fashion, jtwels, and beauty of didland ~t leo v , r , e roe i l Empress arrived for the first act, alia pat ti at . P . ova 0 , had assistedin the applause bestowed o.o'o,dpaintepso recall before the finale. The Empress 1 o';', "dentl,9 t° of ,- well, bat the Emperor, who evl , e old Dti tercet in the opera, appeared very hale ~ soe ' the audience was Auber, Meyerbeer, as 31 day, dittil Poo l Prit Biel Lo n the Pri